Panels, Symposia, Conferences
The Center hosts panel discussions, symposia and conferences on timely topics.
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Career Panel Discussion, April 15, 2008
Career Panel Discussion, November 2007
Yale Symposium on Corporate Governance, Spring 2007
Symposium: "Reassessing Director Elections," October 2005
International Symposium in Paris, October 2003
Enron Panel Discussion, February 2002
Career Panel Discussion
April 15, 2008
Career Panel Discussion
November 14, 2007
Yale Symposium on Corporate Governance
This interdisciplinary symposium, jointly sponsored by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management, brought to Yale distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplines to present current research on corporate governance, broadly defined to encompass cutting-edge issues of the day concerning business organizations and the markets and regulatory environments in which they operate. Michael C. Jensen, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard Business School, gave the inaugural symposium at the Law School. His topic was "Integrity: A Positive Model with Applications to Corporate Governance and Finance."
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View the Spring 2007 symposium schedule
Symposium on: "Reassessing Director Elections"
October 7, 2005
The Center sponsored an all-day symposium at the Law School on "Reassessing Director Elections." The symposium brought together a mix of academics, practitioners, members of the investment community and government. The program consisted of four panels that discussed: consideration of alternatives to plurality voting; the role and perspective of institutions in elections, a comparative perspective on director elections in other countries; and issues of federalism and elections.
A grant from the Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation provided financial support for the symposium.
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International Symposium on:
Assessing Corporate Law Reform in the Transatlantic Context
October 21, 2003
Paris, France
This all-day conference, organized by the Law School, the Center, and alumni in Paris, brought together scholars from Yale and eminent European institutions, public officials and business leaders to assess reforms now being implemented or examined in Europe and the United States in the areas of corporate law, market regulation and corporate governance.
Panels on corporate governance reform, financial market reform, the proposed EU takeover directive and corporate restructuring and mobility explored the public-policy decisions being made, the stakes for market participants and for society, and the concrete results expected.
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View or download Keynote address by Jean-François Lepetit, Chairman of the Commission des Opérations de Bourse
Enron Panel Discussion
February 15, 2002
The Center hosted a panel discussion on the fall of Enron, entitled "The Enron Situation: A View from the Professions." The discussion was moderated by Alan Schwartz '64, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and included William T. Allen, professor of law and clinical professor of business at New York University, where he is also the director of the NYU Center for Law and Business, and founding chair of the Independence Standards Board; Rick Antle, senior associate dean and professor of accounting at the Yale School of Management; Richard Ippolito, professor of law at George Mason University and former chief economist, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Eugene A. Ludwig '73, managing partner of Promontory Financial Group and former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency; Roberta Romano '80, the Allen Duffy/Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School; and Michael Shepherd, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and former Senior Deputy Comptroller of the Currency and Associate Counsel to the President of the United States.
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Click here for Complete List of Upcoming Events
Career Panel Discussion, April 15, 2008
Career Panel Discussion, November 2007
Yale Symposium on Corporate Governance, Spring 2007
Symposium: "Reassessing Director Elections," October 2005
International Symposium in Paris, October 2003
Enron Panel Discussion, February 2002
Career Panel Discussion
April 15, 2008
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The Center hosted a panel discussion entitled "Careers in Banking, Hedge Funds and Private Equity." Rishi Gupta '04, OrbiMed Advisors, LLC, Jonathan Lewinsohn '06, Anchorage Capital Group and John Wright '05, Silver Lake Partners, discussed the kinds of opportunities available to Yale Law graduates in banking, hedge funds, private equity and other finance-related fields. Co-sponsored with the YLS Career Development Office and Yale Law and Business Society. |
Career Panel Discussion
November 14, 2007
| The Center hosted a panel discussion entitled "What Do Corporate Lawyers Do?" Stuart Barkoff, Arnold & Porter LLP, Christina Padden '01, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Kory Langhofer '06, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, dicussed the kinds of work performed by corporate lawyers in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, finance and other practice areas. The event was co-sponsored by the Yale Law School Career Development Office and the Yale Law and Business Society. |
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Yale Symposium on Corporate Governance
This interdisciplinary symposium, jointly sponsored by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management, brought to Yale distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplines to present current research on corporate governance, broadly defined to encompass cutting-edge issues of the day concerning business organizations and the markets and regulatory environments in which they operate. Michael C. Jensen, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard Business School, gave the inaugural symposium at the Law School. His topic was "Integrity: A Positive Model with Applications to Corporate Governance and Finance."
To view a photo gallery follow this link.
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| (From left:) Yale School of Management Professor Shyam Sunder and Dean Joel Podolny, Roberta Romano '80, Michael Eisenson (JD and MPPM '81), Michael Jensen, and Dean Harold Koh. | Michael Jensen |
Symposium on: "Reassessing Director Elections"
October 7, 2005
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| Panelists discuss director elections abroad. From left: Guido Ferrarini '78 LLM, Reinier Kraakman '79, Roberta Romano '80, Mark Ramseyer, and Laurence Hazell. |
The Center sponsored an all-day symposium at the Law School on "Reassessing Director Elections." The symposium brought together a mix of academics, practitioners, members of the investment community and government. The program consisted of four panels that discussed: consideration of alternatives to plurality voting; the role and perspective of institutions in elections, a comparative perspective on director elections in other countries; and issues of federalism and elections.
A grant from the Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation provided financial support for the symposium.
Click here for the complete program.
Click here for papers, videos and speaker biographies.
To view a photo gallery follow this link.
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| Panelists discuss alternatives to plurality voting in director elections. From left: Alan Gerber, Margaret M. Foran, Robert Todd Lang '47, and John Wilcox. | Jonathan Macey '82 makes a point during a session on Federalism and Elections, as Lucian Bebchuk looks on. |
International Symposium on:
Assessing Corporate Law Reform in the Transatlantic Context
October 21, 2003
Paris, France
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| Pictured from left: YLS Prof. Alan Schwartz '64; Jean-François LePetit, Chairman of the Commission des Opérations de Bourse; YLS Prof. Roberta Romano '80;YLS Dean Anthony Kronman '75; and Reid Feldman '71, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae LLP, Paris. |
This all-day conference, organized by the Law School, the Center, and alumni in Paris, brought together scholars from Yale and eminent European institutions, public officials and business leaders to assess reforms now being implemented or examined in Europe and the United States in the areas of corporate law, market regulation and corporate governance.
Panels on corporate governance reform, financial market reform, the proposed EU takeover directive and corporate restructuring and mobility explored the public-policy decisions being made, the stakes for market participants and for society, and the concrete results expected.
View program and listen to audio clips of the panels
View List of Participants
View or download papers
View or download Keynote address by Jean-François Lepetit, Chairman of the Commission des Opérations de Bourse
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| Jean-François Lepetit, Chairman of the Commission des Opérations de Bourse |
Enron Panel Discussion
February 15, 2002
The Center hosted a panel discussion on the fall of Enron, entitled "The Enron Situation: A View from the Professions." The discussion was moderated by Alan Schwartz '64, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and included William T. Allen, professor of law and clinical professor of business at New York University, where he is also the director of the NYU Center for Law and Business, and founding chair of the Independence Standards Board; Rick Antle, senior associate dean and professor of accounting at the Yale School of Management; Richard Ippolito, professor of law at George Mason University and former chief economist, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Eugene A. Ludwig '73, managing partner of Promontory Financial Group and former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency; Roberta Romano '80, the Allen Duffy/Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School; and Michael Shepherd, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and former Senior Deputy Comptroller of the Currency and Associate Counsel to the President of the United States.
To view a video of the panel discussion, follow this link. (You must have the free "Basic" version of Real Player installed on your computer.)
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| Panelists (from left): Alan Schwartz '64, Richard Ippolito and Rick Antle | Panelists (from left): Michael Shepherd, William T. Allen and Roberta Romano '80 |
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| Eugene A. Ludwig '73 |